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From an interesting article by Mary Beth Schneider in Sunday’s Star about the political calculus behind local government reform – particularly the elimination of township government:

Steve Dillinger, one of three Hamilton County commissioners, said he and other county officials recently met with their legislators and laid out the stakes for them.

Lawmakers, he said, were told that if they eliminate a lot of township and county offices, the people who hold those jobs now might run for the legislators' jobs.

“The legislators may be giving themselves a whole lot of competition," Dillinger said.

It leads me to wonder – shouldn’t  lawmakers also be worried about challenges from pro-reform candidates?  And what about the general anger of voters who face service cuts and/or local tax increases to pay for outdated, inefficient layers of government?